King Louis XIV, the Sun King

Birth of King Louis XIV

Sep 5, 1638

His Royal Highness the Dauphin of France

Period: Sep 5, 1638 to May 14, 1643

His Majesty the King

Period: May 14, 1643 to Sep 1, 1715

Coming of age of majority

Sep 5, 1654

Marriage to Maria Therea, daughter of Philip IV

Jan 1, 1660

King Louis XIV assumed personal control of the reins of government

Mar 1, 1661

Until this point, following the death of his father King XIII, the government was run by his mother Queen Anne

Grande Ordonnance de Procédure Civile

Jan 1, 1667

Unified the civil procedure and legal proceedings across the colonies. Proposed baptismal, marriage, and a death records in the states registers rather than the churches.

Official move of the royal court to Versailles

May 6, 1682

Death of Maria Theresa

Jan 1, 1683

Marriage to Franciose d'Aubigne, marquise de Maitenon

Oct 10, 1683

Operation for anal fistual

Nov 18, 1686

painful and took 2 months to heal

Founded Order of Saint Louis

Apr 5, 1693

A reward for outstanding officers, roughly the forerunner to the Legion d'honneur

Death of King Louis XIV

Sep 1, 1715

Died of gangrene at Versailles